2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any
alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage or liquor?

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  Total
Respond.^
No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,419 2,336 52.0 50.2-53.9 532 13.0 11.8-14.3 606 13.8 12.6-15.1 712 16.2 14.9-17.6 233 5.0 4.3- 5.9
Region 1 & 2 725 398 54.9 49.8-59.8 74 11.6 8.6-15.5 93 13.9 10.5-18.1 113 14.3 11.4-17.7 47 5.4 3.7- 7.8
GENDER
Male 338 156 47.3 39.8-54.9 38 12.8 8.3-19.3 52 16.9 11.5-24.2 62 16.4 12.1-21.9 30 6.5 4.1-10.2
Female 387 242 62.3 55.7-68.5 36 10.4 6.9-15.4 41 10.9 7.5-15.5 51 12.1 8.6-16.8 17 4.2 2.1- 8.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 633 341 54.5 49.1-59.8 63 11.3 8.1-15.6 82 13.6 10.2-18.0 104 14.8 11.7-18.5 43 5.7 3.9- 8.4
Non-Hispanic Black 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 182 86 46.5 37.4-55.9 27 15.0 9.2-23.6 32 20.7 13.6-30.1 30 15.4 10.2-22.6 *** *** ***
45-64 248 131 55.5 46.9-63.7 29 14.1 9.0-21.3 34 11.5 7.4-17.4 42 15.4 10.9-21.4 12 3.5 1.6- 7.6
65+ 281 171 63.2 55.2-70.6 18 5.0 2.8- 8.8 24 7.8 4.8-12.3 41 12.3 8.1-18.3 27 11.6 7.1-18.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 249 173 69.3 61.1-76.5 26 12.2 7.3-19.7 20 8.0 4.5-13.9 24 8.2 4.9-13.3 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 219 125 53.4 44.0-62.5 22 10.7 6.3-17.6 30 16.6 10.1-26.1 28 12.7 7.9-20.0 14 6.5 3.2-12.8
College Graduate 257 100 32.4 25.7-39.9 26 11.9 7.2-19.1 43 20.0 14.1-27.7 61 26.6 20.4-34.0 27 9.0 5.7-13.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 321 192 61.2 53.7-68.1 31 8.8 5.5-13.9 30 10.4 6.5-16.1 44 13.5 9.3-19.3 24 6.2 3.8- 9.9
$50,000+ 254 102 37.1 29.4-45.6 28 12.8 8.3-19.4 46 22.0 15.0-31.1 58 20.7 15.3-27.4 20 7.3 3.9-13.1
Don't know/Not Sure 150 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 8.1 4.4-14.5 11 5.5 2.5-11.5 *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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